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Buttermilk Junction: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 4:25pm.
April 1937. "Buttermilk Junction, Martin County, Indiana." Fill 'er up with Ethyl and Acidophilus. Medium-format nitrate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
McNab Store
Submitted by archfan on Sat, 11/17/2012 - 2:15am.
I contacted the Martin County Historical Society, and here's what they found:
I did some research today on "Buttermilk Junction." As I stated before, we had never heard of it. I found an old photo in one of our books & it was called "The McNab Store" - now the site of Building 101 on the Crane Naval Depot. Our book does not mention it going by any other name.
Jane Marshall/Secretary
Martin Co. Historical Society
You won't find this spot
Submitted by SouthHammond63 on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 3:20pm.
on a map today. I'm sure all existing buildings, etc. were bulldozed in about 1940/41 when the Crane Naval Base (actually, its predecessor, the Naval Ammunition Depot) was built here.
That first step
Submitted by Dag on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 1:50pm.
Watch out for that first step "It's a doozie"
LP Cover
Submitted by Kcamp on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 9:34am.
Yazoo Records used this photo on the cover of a blues compilation LP, Lonesome Roads Blues. Interestingly, they used it for songs from the Mississippi Delta.
I'm not a structural engineer
Submitted by togaarkatect on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 9:22am.
but there isn't much holding up that porch roof and the three 2x4's being asked to do the job are looking a bit tired!
I don't know about you
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 11:54pm.
but my bones denounce the buckboard bounce, and yes, the cactus does hurt my toes, but I don't see any here so I'll let that slide.
Deux Chaveux
Submitted by perpster on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 10:53pm.
The station wagon in the middle looks to be about two horsepower.
*Almost* everything
Submitted by PersonFromPorlock on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 7:19pm.
It still needs Percy Kilbride.
Buckboards
Submitted by bobstothfang on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 6:12pm.
1880s version of the pickup truck -- "Hey I need to move some stuff, can I borrow your buckboard?"
This place has everything.
Submitted by phatsub on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 5:02pm.
Horsedrawn wagon, combustion engines, gas and chickens. Would love to find this spot on a current map.
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